Emtec Movie Cube D850H W/O HDD manual

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T able of Co ntent s 1. User Infor mation ........... ............ ............ ............ ...................... ............ ............ ..................... ... 3 1.1 Caution ............. ............ ............ .................... ............ ............ ...................... ............ ............ . 3 2. Product Int roduction ...[...]

1. User Informatio n 1.1 Caution This player ’s design and m anufacture has your s afet y in mind. In order to safely and eff ectively use this pla yer , please rea d the follo wing before usa ge. 1.1.1 Usage c autions User should not modif y this pla yer . If comm ercial har d disk is being us ed, the env ironmental temperature s hould be with i[...]

- Physical im pact may create bad sector in the hard disk , you can use CH KDSK to f ix the problem . - All data s tored in the pla yer m a y be lost d ue to ph ysical im pact, electrica l s hock , pow er lost, HDD form at etc. Please ba ckup your data. - It is suggested to do def ragment after a long per iod of usage. - Regu larly backup th e d at[...]

2. Product Introd uction 2.1 Product Overview Thank y ou ver y m uch f or pur chasing our Mo vie C ube. In t he digital era, t his product is a great home entertainment partner . W ith the outstanding design, you can enjo y Fu ll HD m ovies and music, view photos of pr ecious m oments, and rec ord your favorite T V or m ovie pr ogram s and view the[...]

• View subtitle • Supports maj or audio formats (1080p HD video deco ding) • Movie form at: A VI/M KV/TS/T P/TRP/M2T S/MPG/MP4/M4V/MOV /VOB/ISO/IFO /DA T / W MV/ASF/RM/RMVB/FL V Music Playbac k • Fast forward/re wind • Shuffle • Repeat • Music form at: MP3/OGG/W MA/WA V/FLAC DVB-T T V • supports Digital Video Broadcasting T errestri[...]

2.2 Package Contents Part Quantity Player 1 Scart to 6 RC A co nnectors cable 1 USB cable 1 Remote Contro l with batter ies 1 Power cord 1 User Manual 1 Quick Ins talla tion Gui de 1 CD (with User M anual) 1 Warranty Card 1 Note: The actual conte nts in the pack age might be different from the packing list in this m anual. 2.3. Connection 2.3.1 Con[...]

Removing a U SB Devi ce In order t o prevent data loss , it is h ighly recom mende d y ou press USB bu tton on the r emote control before r emove a US B device. T o remove a USB Device: 1. Press USB button on the r em ote control 2. Select the U SB device you want to rem ove 3. Press ENTER bu tton on th e remote c ontrol to rem ove USB device. 2.3.[...]

2.3.3.2 A /V OUT (1) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 c olor connector to the p layer ’s A/V OUT jack; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 c olor connector to the TV’s A/V IN jack . In this wa y , you can e njoy the content in the pla yer on TV or other displa y devices. 2.3.3.3 SC ART OUT (1) Follow the picture and plug one connec[...]

2.3.3.4 Y/Pb/Pr Compone nt OUT (1) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 c olor connector to the p layer ’s Y/Pb/Pr jack ; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in the 3 c olor connector to the TV’s Y/Pb/Pr jack. Audio Connecti on while us ing Y/Pb/Pr Video out: First m ethod: use the aud io output from the A/V OUT jack; Second m ethod: use the au[...]

2.3.3.5 HDM I OUT (1) Follow the p icture and p lug one conn ector of your HDMI cab le to the pla yer ’s HDMI jack ; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug the other connector of your HDMI c able to the TV’s HDMI jack . In this wa y , you can h ave the highest quality video a nd audio via a single ca ble. 2.3.3.6 A NT . / RF IN (D850H) Follow the pi[...]

The play er ca n loop out the DVB-T signal to other TV r eceiver de vice. In this way , you can watch the TV program s with another TV recei ver while r ecording 2.3.4 Digital Audio Device con nection (1) Follow the p icture and plu g in the RCA co nnector on y our coax ial cable to the pla yer ’s S/PDIF Coax ial jac k. Or if you us e o ptical f [...]

2.3.5 Power conn ection (1) Follow the p icture and c onnect the A C adaptor to t he pla yer ’s DC IN jack ; (2) Follow the p icture and p lug in the A C adaptor to t he power out let. 2.3.6 Ethernet co nnection T o connect to a LAN (Local Area Networ k) you require a cat5, cat5e or cat6 network cable (not supplied). (1) Connect on e of the cr ys[...]

2.3.7 WL AN connection (1) Make s ure the player is powered o n; (2) Plug t he W ireless LAN USB Adapter (i.e . W i-Fi USB Dongle) to the USB HOST port of the player .[...]

2.3.8 HDD insertio n Make sure the player is s witched off. Open the door of the HDD r ack. As illustrated below , inser t m anually the HDD unt il ¾ is in the r ack. Use the door to c lose the H DD rack . W arning : do not tr y to insert the whol e HDD manuall y as t his m ay break the mechanism within. Alwa ys use the door to insert the HDD full[...]

Y o u can no w power on the player . 2.4 Front Pa nel 1. Power indicator & button 3. Eject button 5. Play/Pause button 7. PREV button 9. USB Host port 2. DVD tra y 4. LED displa y 6. S top butt on 8. NEXT button 10. Mem ory card slot 2.5 Side Panel 1. HDD mobi le rack[...]

2.6 Rear Panel 1. *ANT . / RF IN sock et (for D850H) 2. *ANT . / RF OUT socket (for D850 H) 3. Y/Pb/Pr OUT jack 4. A/V IN jack 5. A/V OUT j ack 6. HDMI jack 7. S/PDIF COAX IAL jack 8. S /PDIF OPT ICAL j ack 9. RJ45 LAN s ocket 1 1. Scart 13. USB HOST port (A-Ty pe) 15. Power S witch 10. USB DEVIC E port (B-T ype) 12. USB HOST port (A-Ty pe) 14. DC [...]

2.8 HDD Format For users who wish to install a new SA T A HDD into t he pla yer , please refer to the f ollowing procedures to f ormat the har d disk on the p layer befor e usage. - S tep 1: Se lect OK on t he Warning p age, pres s ENTER to confirm . Note : This page can be als o accessed via Setup -> S ystem -> HDD Format menu. - S tep 2: Pr[...]

2.9 Remote Control (*D850H) 1. MUTE 2. DVD 3. SETUP 4. INFO 5. SEARCH 6. HOME 7. UP 8. LEFT 9. OK 10. DO WN 1 1. VOL- 1 2. Numeric buttons 13. HELP 14. REC* 15. PLA Y/P AUSE 16. FR 17. FF 18. USB 19. SLO W 20. TIME SHIF T* 21. COPY 22. RED * 23. GREEN * 24. YELLO W * 25. BLUE * 26. SELEC T 27. REPEA T 28. AUDIO 29. SUBTITL E 30. PREVIOU S 31. NEXT [...]

appears, sho wing the recor ding qualit y setting and tim e elapsed.  Press during live TV and an onsc reen disp lay appears , showing the cur rent chann el num ber and tim e. Press during t ime shif ting to turn the tim e shifting bar on/off 5 SEARCH Filter the current folder to locate the specific media file. Does not search subf older; Press [...]

the sp ace is available. Press to activate the tim e s hift f unction and wait f or the play arrow to ap pear on the s creen. Press the P AUSE button an d the pro gram will be paused . Press the PL A Y button to r esum e viewing th e program . Time s hift mode rem ains active until you press the STOP button or the TIME SHIFT button again. 21 COPY P[...]

3. Main Menu 3.1 Setup Menu The Setup m enu allows you to personali ze and config ure the prefer ences for your pla yer . T o select a Setup option: - Select the Setu p icon on th e home sc reen - Use the UP / DOW N navigat ional buttons to se lect an o ption, and then pr ess ENTER . There are nine Set up options, including TV , Audio , Video , Pho[...]

Press the u p / dow n button to select from AUTO SCAN a nd M ANUAL SCAN , and pres s the enter button to conf irm. AUTO SC AN In A UTO SC AN m ode, th e system will autom atically scan for avai lable DVB-T T V channels. M A NU AL SCAN In M ANUAL S C AN m ode, you c an select t he CH nam e, Band width, and Input Frequenc y. Use the navigational and [...]

to confirm . In this menu, y ou can edi t the Nam e, and sequ ence for the D VB- T TV channels. Use the na vigationa l butt ons to s elect and m odify t he sett ings, and press the enter button to confirm . 3.1.2 Changing A udio Sett ings Use this m enu to configure aud io settings Night Mo de - Choose between Off / On / Co mfort . If the o ption i[...]

3.1.3 Changing Video Settin gs Use this m enu to configure vi deo settings. Aspect Ratio - Pan Scan 4:3 : D isplay a wide picture o n the entire s creen and cuts off the redu ndant portions. Selec t when a standard 4:3 TV is con nected. - Letter Box 4:3 : Displa y a wide picture with two black borders on the top and bottom of 4:3 screen. Select whe[...]

3.1.4 Changing Phot o Settings Use this m enu to configure phot o settings Slide Show Timing - Select to set th e interval tim e for photo slide show. T ransition Eff ect - Select to set th e transition effec t for photo slide show. Background M usic - Select to set th e backgroun d mus ic options while vie w pictures. Ken Burns - Apply P AN-Scan e[...]

3.1.6 Changing Netw ork Settin gs Use this m enu to configure Ether net and W LAN (W ireless Local Area Network ) settings. Wired LAN Setup - DHCP IP ( AUTO) Select to obtain IP address automatical ly . - FIX IP (MANUAL) Select t o m anually i nput th e IP Addr ess, S ubnet Mask, D efault G atewa y , and DN S Serv er IP Address . Wireless Setup - S[...]

- Get Connectio n Mo de Choose between Infrastru cture ( AP) a nd Pe er to Pe er ( Ad Hoc) . Press ENT ER to go t o next step, and pr ess RETU RN to canc el. - Infrastructure ( AP) Infrastruc ture mode is used to conn ect com puters with wireles s network adapters , also known as wireless clients, to an existing wired net work with the he lp f rom [...]

Input WEP / WP A Key Encryption k eys can be inputted via the virtual k eyboard. Press the navi gational buttons to select, ENT ER to input, C APS to switch between u ppercase and lo wercase, <- to delete a character , - > to insert a spac e, shift to make more s ymbols available, and OK to conf irm. T est connection The testing process will [...]

Ad-Hoc Setup Press ENTER to go to next s tep, press RET URN to canc el, and press PLA Y to connect. - WPS ( AP ) W PS, W i-Fi Protected Setu p, is used to c onnect a wire less router directly , without searching SSID and inpu tting passwor d. In this m ode, you just need to c onfigure th e parameters of your router which sup port W PS function. The[...]

Login Cont rol - Select to turn on / off password protect f or the W eb server (Neighbor W eb). Note: 1) The default us er name is ‘a dmin’, and th e default pass word is ‘123’; 2) W hen it is turned off, and th en turned on again, the pas sword will be restored t o default. BT and S A MB A - Select on/off to control the BitT orrent, sam ba[...]

1) Copy ‘install.im g’ or extens ion files to th e root direc tory of a USB stick , and conne ct it to the USB HO ST port of th e player. 2) Press ENTER to co nfirm . - Extension Packag e Upgrad e Select to upgr ade the exten sion pack ages (btpd, sam ba, unicgi, etc.) - System Upgrad e Select to upgr ade the firm ware. (Configurat ion and sett[...]

Screen Saver - Select to turn on / off screen saver . Mov ie Preview - Select to turn on / off movie preview in the browser m enu. 3.1.9 Changing M edia library Set tings Use this m enu to set the sc an folder , upda te media library and m edia library m ode. Select Scan Fold er - Select the sc an folders f rom HDD or external US B device. Update M[...]

Y o u can n avigate using a fil ter o ption (Date, Folder , Recent, Playlist, All music, Artist, Genre, or Album) b y selecting the Music icon an d us ing UP a nd DOW N button to s croll through t he options listed. 3.2.1 M usic Playback Cont rol Button Function PLAY/P AUSE Begin/Pause p layback. FR / FF Fast rewind or f ast forward. Press repea te[...]

3.2.3 Quick-Sea rch Y o u c an search for a m edia file b y f ilter c urrent f older to locate the specif ic m edia file. Press SEARCH butto n while browsi ng music f iles in the mus ic library. 3.3 Photo Pla y back Enter into photo interface, only supporte d image f iles and folder will be displa yed. This player supports JPG/JPEG/B MP/files. Y o [...]

3.3.2 Photo Pla yback Opti ons During photo playback, press O PTION button. T he photo to olbar opens at the bottom of the screen. The photo too lbar has se veral comm and icons to custo mize the wa y you pla y photo. The func tions from left to right are zoom in, zoom out, rotate picture, inf o. 3.3.3 Quick-Sea rch Y o u c an search for a m edia f[...]

3.4.1 M ovie Playback Cont rol Button Function PLAY/P AUSE Begin/Pause p layback. PREV / NEXT View the previous or next f ile/chapter. FR/FF Fast rewind or f ast forward. Press repea tedl y to select the speed OPTION Hide or displa y the Movie t oolbar during p layback . STOP Stop playback . VOL+/- Press to increas e/decrease the volum e. 3.4.2 M o[...]

3.4.3 Quick-Sea rch Y o u c an search for a m edia file b y f ilter c urrent f older to locate the specif ic m edia file. Press SEARCH butto n while browsi ng movie f iles in the m ovie librar y. 3.5 A ll Files The “all files” allows you to browse and play music, ph oto and movie files store d on an internal HDD, external USB device, and Networ[...]

LEFT/RIG HT Display the tim e inform ation bar , then use the left/right butt on to the point you want to sk ip to, press enter button to pla yback. ZOOM Press to zoom the image. AUDIO Select an audi o track while watching D VD with m ultiple audio tracks. SUBTIT LE Set subtitle opt ions. EJECT Press to eject or c lose DVD loader . OPTION Press to [...]

St at ion - All downloaded statio ns will be liste d under this m enu. Genre - Y o u can sear ch for stations b y genre (pop, rock , jazz, etc.) under this m enu. Favorite - Y o ur favorite s tations can be k ept under this m enu. 3.6.2 IM S (Internet M ultimedia Service) M enu This f eature is additio nal fu nction. All co ntents and s ervices un [...]

3.8 DTV Me nu (* D850H) In this m enu, you can watch and rec ord Digital T errestrial TV program s, or have the tim e s hift function. T o enter th e DVB-T TV mode, select the DTV icon on t he main m enu. 3.8.1 W atch DVB-T The f ollowing are some f unctional b uttons o n the r em ote control a vailable when watch ing Digital TV progr ams . Name Fu[...]

- Press the up / dow n button to select chan nels, and pre ss the enter butt on to confi rm. Info Bar - W hile switching channels by the up / dow n button, a n info bar will be displa yed to s how the channel inform ation. There’re 4 strin gs displa yed on the bar . T aking the info bar in th e above phot o for exam ple: N/A – S tands f or TV r[...]

- Press the prev / next butto n to chang e channels. Pres s the left / right button t o change date. - Press the up / dow n button to change progr am. Press the Red button to add / de lete scheduled record ing T eletext Menu - If the broadcas ted stream supports T eletext, press th e TT X button to enter t he T eletext menu. - Press the navigat ion[...]

- Press the up / dow n button to select the s ubtitle, and press the enter button to c onfirm . 3.8.1.2 DVB-T Program R ecording Press the REC button to start the r ecording: record ed files are autom atically st ored in a folder named REC b y default. D850H: This product allows y ou to w atch other programs while a recor ding is runni ng. W hen a [...]

Select the A/V Input icon o n the m ain interface to ente r this m enu. Name Function record Press to start recor ding the current T V program . time shift Press to activ ate the tim e shift function. zoom Press to zoom out the im age. 3.8.3 Schedule Re cording M enu The Schedule Recording menu al lows you to create, edit and delete recording sched[...]

Editing Schedu le - Press the left / right b utton on the remote control to selec t the Edit tab from the menu bar. Select the schedule y ou want to edit from the list and press the enter button. T he schedule setting screen appear s. Mod ify the s chedule as described in ‘ 3.8.3 C reating a New Schedule ’. Delete Schedul e - Press the left / r[...]

- Select Enable the selecte d schedule or P ause the s elected schedul e . Press the enter button to conf irm. Viewing Recording Histo ry - Press the left / right button on the rem ote control to s elect the Hi story tab f rom the m enu bar. Here you can view a com plete histor y of all record ings that were s et.[...]

4. Web Ser ver & BitTorrent 4.1 Web Server (unicgi) A W eb server called ‘N eighbor Web’ has been integrated into the player . - Connect the pl ayer to your hom e network (LAN or W LAN). - Get the IP address of the player und er SETUP -> N ETWO RK menu. - T y pe the IP address (e.g ., 192.168.3 .15) in the addres s bar of Internet Expl o[...]

- This page allows you to set a password for accessing N eighbor Web. Note : • Password will b ecom e effective when Login Contro l is turned on. ( Please ref er to Login Control in chapt er ‘ 3.1.7 C hanging Syst em Setting s ’ for mor e details) • The default us er name is ‘a dmin’, and th e default password is ‘123’. • W hen lo[...]

4.4.1 A dd new torrent - Click Add new torrent on t he BitT orrent Download page. - Click Brow se to upload a t orrent file, an d click Y es to conf irm. 4.4.2 Managin g the downlo ads The BitT orrent D ownload page also a llows you to start, stop, delet e t orrents, and s et pr iorities for torrents, as well as view the status of current torrents.[...]

- Click Start to b egin do wnload. - Click Stop to stop do wnload. - Click Delete t o delete the s elected torre nt. - Click Refresh t o refresh th e current status. - Click Dow n arrow to decr ease the priorit y for the selec ted torrent. - Click Up arr ow to increase t he priorit y for the selected t orrent. 4.4.3 Settings - Click Setting on the [...]

- Set the idle hours to start the next download autom aticall y . - Set the seeding hours. - Set to delete t he finished to rrent files autom aticall y or not. - Set the max imum number of simultaneous downl oad tasks.[...]

5. Media Librar y Thanks to a powerful search engine, t he libr ary m enu allows you to se arch and bro wse multimedia files stored on a n internal HDD or external USB HOST device i n most eas y ways. Med ia Library Categories Media T ype Icon Category Description All Music Select to list al l the mus ic files in the libr ary Artist Select to searc[...]

Recent Select to search for movie files that have been played recentl y Playlist Select to searc h for m ovie files by pla ylist[...]

6. Upgrading t he Firmw are The firmware is the operating system (OS) installed on the device. Firm ware upgr ades can bring new f eatures, improv ements and bug f ixes. Please refer to System Up date in chapter ‘ 3.1.7 Changing System Settings ’ for more details. 7. Appendixes 7.1 Specifications I/O INTERFA C ES SUPPO RTED:  3.5’’ SA T [...]

AUDIO CODEC S SUPPOR TED:  MP2/3, OG G V orb is, W MA S tandard (DRM, and Advan ced Profile not sup ported), PCM, LPCM, R A VIDEO RECOR DING FOR MA T  DT V Recording: TS  A V IN Recordin g: MPG (M PEG2,MP2) SUBTIT LE FORM A T S SUPPORT ED:  SRT , SMI, SSA,SUB, IDX+ SUB DVD LO ADER: Mini BD, A VCHD, D VD, VCD, CD NETWO RK FEA TURE S  [...]

Question 4. My files have disappeared from the pla yer . Answer: Make sure that you brows e y our files via the correc t bro wser m ode which means cor rect filtered views s uch as Phot os, Music, or Movies. Question 5. During power on, why does the TV will have a short flashing, blue screen or screensave r? Answer: This is normal, when the system [...]

Question 10. I configured eve rything cor rectly, b ut still cannot get the w ireless n etwork or UPnP functio n to work. Answer: Are y ou usi ng a f irewall such as N orton Int ernet Sec urity, McAf ee Perso nal Fir ewall, Zon e Alarm, etc. or even the built-in firewall of W indows X P? ( Don’t f orget th at Serv ice Pack 2 for W indows XP autom[...]

8. Copyrights a nd Trade marks Copyrights All rights reserved . No part of this m anual ma y be re produced, or transm itted in an y f orm or by an y m eans, wheth er by elec tronicall y or mec hanically , without the expr ess wr itten permis sion from the cop yright holder . Copyrighted materials, such as software, m usic files, or movies, are pro[...]

10. License i nformation This product co ntains Free Software which is licensed under the GNU Gener al Public licence, V ers ion 2 (G PL). Y ou will find her einafter a cop y of the GPL l icence text. We of fer , valid for at least 3 years, t o se nd you the sourc e cod e of the GPL s oftware. Please contact us at Dexxon Data Media - gplsourceco de[...]

parties under the term s of this L icense. c) If the modified program normally reads comm ands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started run ning f or suc h interactiv e use in the m ost ordinar y wa y , to pr int or display an announcem ent including an appropriate cop yright notice and a not ice that there is no warranty (or else, s[...]

binary f orm ) with the m ajor com ponents (com piler , k ernel, and s o on) of the oper ating s y stem on which the executab le runs, un less that com ponent itself acc ompanies the executable. If distribu tion of executable or object co de is made b y offering access to c opy fr om a designated place, then offering e quivalent access to copy t he[...]

claims or to contest v alidity of an y such cl aims; this sec tion has the s ole purp ose of protec ting the integrit y of the free s oftware distribution s ystem, which is implem ented by public l icense practices. Man y people have m ade generous contri butions to the wide ra nge of software distributed through tha t s ystem in reliance on co nsi[...]

12. IN NO EVENT UNLES S REQ UIRED BY APPLI CABLE LA W OR AGREED TO IN W RITING W ILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OT HER P ARTY W HO MA Y MODIFY A ND/OR REDI STRIBUT E THE PROGRAM AS PERMIT T ED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO Y OU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDIN G ANY GE NERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENT IAL DAMAGES AR ISING OUT OF T HE USE OR INABILITY TO USE [...]